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Wisteria Acres 2014

Date: July 10 – 13, 2014

Location: Langley, BC

Costs: $110 to $585

Instructor: Lalita Hamill & Michael King

Description:

For a fraction of the cost to paint with an instructor oversees, you can enjoy painting local landscapes on a beautiful retreat just outside of Fort Langley with this Vancouver artist workshop!

The retreat includes:

two instructors
six hours of instruction per day
individual attention throughout the day
three nights accommodation (full retreat only)
lunches provided (full retreat only)

The focus will be on plein air painting. If the weather doesn’t permit plein air painting we have access to a spacious indoor painting space.

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Gibsons Landing 2014 Plein Air Paint Out

Date: September 13 – 14, 2014

Location: Gibsons Landing BC

Costs: Free

Description:

This FREE event is part of the 2014 IPAP Plein Air  WORLDWIDE Paint Out hosted by Poynter Studio and the Town of Gibsons.

  • Painters working on site throughout the heritage wharf waterfront
  • Display/sale at the Arts Building & the Landing Gallery.
  • People’s Choice award and prizes
  • Artist demos and presentations
  • Sketchcrawl for Newbies
  • Participants informal gathering/BBQ

Registration:

Website link for info and registration: http://janpoynter.com/gibsons-paint-out/

Registration is required – Please sign-in upon arrival at the Arts Building : 464 South Fletcher

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Penticton Art Gallery

Penticton Plein Air 2014

Date: September 27 – 28th, 2014

Time: Registration & Check-in 9:00 am – 10:30 am / Competition 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cost: $20.00 early registration/$25.00 day of registration

Who: This is an open call to all artists, from amateur to professional.

Location:  Penticton Art Gallery, 199 Marina Way, Penticton, BC. (map)

Description:

For the Official Rules go to our webpage at:

http://www.pentictonartgallery.com/scms.asp?node=666

This is not a competition. This is an opportunity for artists to gather and celebrate the arts in a beautiful town.

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Heritage Paint Out Shoot Out 2014

Date: July 27, 2014

Location: Nanaimo, BC

Costs: $10 public, $8 NAC members – Enter in person on the day of the event

Description:

This is on the following day of the Qualicum Beach Grand Prix d’ Art, one can get two competitions on this Island in two days then go home with the money!

An artistic race against time to bring Heritage to life. A new date and double the prize money this year!

Painters and photographers meet at the Nanaimo Museum at 10:00 am where they draw randomly for a Heritage building location supplied by the City. You then spend the day painting and photographing your selected building, returning to the Museum at 3:00 pm with a presentation ready piece where the work is judged to receive cash prizes totally $1,000.

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Grand Prix d’Art 2014

Hosted By The Old School House Arts Centre

With Cash Prizes of:

1st Place $200 / 2nd Place $100 / 3rd Place $50 / 4 Honourable Mention Prizes

Date: July 26, 2014

Time: Registration & Check-in 9:00 am – 10:30 am / Competition 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cost: $25.00 Registration Fee, includes lunch and $10.00 for Companion Lunch

Who: Artists of all skill and experience levels

Location:  Downtown Qualicum Beach

 

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